Recipient institutions
| Compassionate Ottawa, Healthy End of Life Program (HELP), Carleton University | $203,500 |
| Royal Ottawa Hospital – Research Chair in Suicide Prevention | $100,000 |
| Royal Ottawa Hospital – Prize for Mental Health Research. Year 5 winner: Dr. James MacKillop, McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare | $100,000 |
| The Ottawa Hospital/Ottawa Hospital Research Institute – From the Military to the Health Care Front | $25,000 |
| Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario – BRAVA project | $75,000 |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | $25,000 |
| Université Laval | $25,000 |
| Université de Sherbrooke | $25,000 |
| Université de Montréal | $25,000 |
| McGill University | $24,500 |
| University of Ottawa | $25,000 |
| Queen’s University | $25,000 |
| University of Toronto | $25,000 |
| McMaster University | $25,000 |
| University of Western Ontario | $25,000 |
| Northern Ontario School of Medicine | $25,000 |
| University of Saskatchewan | $24,500 |
| University of Calgary | $25,000 |
| University of British Columbia | $25,000 |
Student recipients
Memorial University of Newfoundland
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor(s) |
| Brandon Collins | PET/CT in lung cancer, a Newfoundland and Labrador experience | Dr. Jeff Flemming |
| Jessica Guy | Audit of ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) adult difficult airway cards within two academic teaching centres in St. John’s, NL | Dr. Kathryn Sparrow |
| Abigail Newman | Newfoundland and Labrador out-of-hospital cardiac arrest registry | Dr. Brian Metcalfe |
| Ryley Pumphrey | Immune modulation of triple negative breast cancer | Dr. Sheila Drover |
| Jurgienne Arizza Umali | The expression of ATP11 genes in the zebrafish model | Dr. Curtis French |
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Université Laval
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Jonathan Bouchard | Adaptations of the blood-brain barrier in depression and stress resilience | Dr. Caroline Rheaume |
| Philippe Cadieux | Evaluation of lymphadenectomy by thoracoscopy versus thoracotomy in patients with lung cancer | Dr. Paula Ugalde |
| Marie-Eve Daigle | A national database supporting the Canadian Kidney Cancer Information System | Dr. Frederic Pouliot |
| Vincent Forget | Evaluation of the early response of personalized radionuclidic therapy for neuroendocrine tumours (NET) | Dr. Jean-Mathieu Beauregard |
| Lilianne Fregeau-Proulx | Coactivation of AMPK and mTOR: to a better understanding of prostate cancer oncogenesis | Dr. Etienne Audet-Walsh |
| Dave Gagnon | Intracranial electrode implantation in macaque monkey: optimization of protocols | Dr. Martin Parent |
| Yoaa Parent | Personalized risk assessment for prevention and early detection of breast cancer | Dr. Nabi Hermann |
| Cynthia Pelletier | Using a portable monitoring device to increase motivation for physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes | Dr. Caroline Rheaume |
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Université de Sherbrooke
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Amine Banine | Évaluation de l’angioplastie médicamentée pour le traitement de la claudication vasculaire: résultats et complications | Dr. Gerald Gahide |
| Martina Budimir | Évaluation de l’angioplastie médicamentée pour le traitement de la claudication vaculaire, plus particulièrement les résultats et complications | Dr. Gerald Gahide |
| Lois Chen | Évaluaton de l’angioplastie médicamentée pour le traitement de la claudication vasculaire: résultats et complications | Dr. Gerald Gahide |
| Mathilde Cossette | Évaluaton de l’angioplastie médicamentée pour le traitement de la claudication vasculaire: résultats et complications | Dr. Gerald Gahide |
| Felix Janelle | Évaluation quantitative de faisceau longitudinal supérieur en pré et en post operatoire, chez des patients atteints de gliomes malins | Dr. David Fortin |
| Ismael Labbe | L’imagérie et le traitement des cancers du cerveau (glioblastome multiforme et metastases) | Dr. Martin Lepage |
| Jordan Lefebvre | Évaluation de l’angioplastie médicamentée dans le traitement de la claudication vasculaire | Dr. Gerald Gahide |
| Kourosh Maghsoudloo | Évaluation de l’angioplastie médicamentée dans le traitement de la claudication vasculaire | Dr. Gerald Gahide |
| Nathan Marcous | Défauts de routage intracellulaire et arrythmies cardiaques | Dr. Mannix Auger-Messier |
| Olivier Salko | Étude retrospective sur les nephrectomies au CIUSSSE-CHUS et mise à jour de la banque de données du Canadian Kidney Cancer Information System | Dr. Patrick Richard |
| Farzad Rajebieh Shayan | The impact of cannabis legalization in Canada on the prevelance of cannabis use disorders | Dr. William Semaan |
| Laurent Tessier | Étude retrospective sur les nephrectomies au CIUSSSE-CHUS et mise à jour de la banque de données du Canadian Kidney Cancer Information System | Dr. Patrick Richard |
| Stefan Vigu | 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT image segmentation and quantitation of normal organ uptake | Dr. Etienne Rousseau |
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Université de Montréal
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Alexandre Bibeau-Delisle | Improving allele replacement efficiency in endothelial cells | Dr. Guillaume Lettre |
| Stéphanie Dufresne | Characterization of protein complexes involving nuclear receptors in live cells | Dr. Sylvie Mader |
| Chrisghany Fabrice Dumoulin | Cannabis, troubles mentaux graves et violence, étude sur la relation dose-reponse de la consommation de cannabis et les comportements violents | Dr. Alexandre Dumais |
| Sandrine Nicolas | Mechanistic study of congenital heart defects | Dr. Gregor Andelfinger |
| Meryem Zellag | Quantitative EEG study of emotion regulation | Dr. Marc Lavoie |
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McGill University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Ryan Antel | Identification of prognostic biomarkers in prostate cancer | Dr. Jacques Lapointe |
| Suekhleane Bajaj | Food craving and rest activity rhythms in bipolar disorders and eating disorders | Dr. Outi Mantere |
| David Bouhadana | An AI algorithm to identify incidental cases of renal cell cancer | Dr. Jaron Chong |
| Alexandru Ilie | Identification of genetic drivers of chemo-resistance in acute myeloid leukemia using in vivo CRISPR screening | Dr. Francois Mercier |
| Jeremy Levett | Renal denervation therapy for resistant hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analyasis | Dr. Mark Eisenberg |
| Emily Wu | Pro-apoptotic signalling dysfunction in aggressive lymphomas | Dr. Nathalie Johnson |
| Linda Zhu | Nano-targeted photo-ablation and imaging of HER2 positive breast cancer | Dr. Miltiadis Paliouras |
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University of Ottawa
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Linda Yi Ning Fei | Comparison of outcomes in patients undergoing aortic surgery with idiopathic aortitis compared with patients without aortitis | Dr. Munir Boodhwani |
| Aleksandar Radonjic | Non-invasive detection of IDH mutant gliomas by magnetic resonance spectroscopy | Dr. Fahad Alkherayf |
| Chanhee Seo | Extracellular vesicle prevention of atrial fibrosis | Dr. Darryl Davis |
| Lee Treanor | Publication bias in diagnostic imaging: conference abstracts with positive conclusions are more likely to be published | Dr. Matthew McInnes |
| Brenton Wong | Thromboembolic events following cardiversion for acute atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter | Dr. Ian Stiell |
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Queen’s University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Syed Mohammad Ali Hassan | Clinical outcomes of simultaneous hybrid ablation for the treatment of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation | Dr. Gianluigi Bisleri |
| Evan Lusty | HDR prostate brachytherapy anthropomorphic clinical simulation | Dr. Gabor Fichtinger |
| Mehras Motamed | Inhibiting pyruvate kinase muscle isoform 2 with shikonin regresses supra-coronary aortic banding induced group 2 pulmonary hypertension | Dr. Stephen Archer |
| Clare McGrath | Maternal health clinic cardiovascular risk comparison | Dr. Graeme Smith |
| William Wu | Exploring the development of expertise in ECG interpretation: an eye-tracking augmented interview study | Dr. Adam Szulewski Dr. Andrew Hall |
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University of Toronto
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Saumya Bansal | Evaluating the role of the gut microbiota in colon cancer using pre-clinical mouse models | Dr. Alberto Marton |
| Lauren Amanda Beck | Clinicopathological feaures and treatment outcomes of young patients with gastroesophageal cancers | Dr. Raymond Jang |
| Adam Bobrowski | Assessment of the WATChmAN (Web virtuAI Testicular Cancer clinic). A ramdomized controlled study to estimate the efficacy of an electronic surveillance tool for stage 1 testicular cancer | Dr. Robert Hamilton Dr. Jackie Bender |
| Sondra Chen | Daily Edmonton Symptom Assessment System monitoring using the interactive symptom assessment and collection tool in an outpatient symptom management clinic: a feasibility study | Dr. Charles Lim |
| Maisha Chowdhury | Real-world observational outcomes study of brain metastases in lung cancer in the new era of selective neurosurgery, stereotatic radiation and targeted agents | Dr. Geoffrey Liu |
| Safraz Gill | Pharmacogenomics of platinum toxicities in cancer patients: combined translational and knowledge implementation study | Dr. Geoffrey Liu |
| Alex Koziarz | Mechanisms and predictors of bioprosthetic aortic valve failure | Dr. Maral Ouzounian |
| Sugee Korale Liyanage | A systematic review of workplace factors associated with PTSD among nurses in psychiatric in-patient settings | Dr. Zoe Hilton |
| Michael Youssef | The burden of obesity and metabolic disease in gynecologic oncology patients | Dr. Sarah Sinasac |
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McMaster University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Leon Chalil | Derivation and characterization of a patient specific neuronal population in the 15q13.3 microdeletion disorder | Dr. Karun Singh |
| He Tian (Tony) Chen | Splice disruption of the amino acid/tRNA synthesis pathway in myelodysplastic syndrome | Dr. Kristin Hope |
| Chris Kirwan | The safety of starting anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in the emergency department | Dr. K. deWit |
| Yung Lee | Variations in the management of gastric cancer in Ontario: effects on survival and cost | Dr. dennis Hong |
| Taylor Woolnough | Pharmacological management of skeletal metastasis in lung cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis | Dr. Michelle Gheert |
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University of Western Ontario
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Sarah Allarakhia | Understanding brain tumour growth and improving brain tumour treatment using advanced imaging techniques inside and outside of the operating room | Dr. Joseph Megvesi |
| Minakshi Doobay | Impaired bonding in postpartum mood disorders: prevalence and risk factors | Dr. Verinder Sharma |
| Lucas Foster | Ultra high field MRI pH measurement of brain tumours | Dr. Robert Bartha |
| Lisa Liu | Exploring implicit, explicit and structural stigma for people who inject drugs (PWID) within acute health care settings | Dr. Javeed Sukhera |
| Victor Polins Pedro | Development of diagnostic and prognostic epigenomic tools in prostate cancer | Dr. Johathan Izawa, Dr. Bekim Sadilovic |
| John Talia | HBV-related HCC in Canada | Dr. Mayur Brahmania |
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Northern Ontario School of Medicine
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Sean Cuninghame | Factors associated with opioid agonist therapy retention in northern Ontario | Dr. John Coccimilgio |
| Vanessa Davies | Amplification of chromosome 17 centromere (CEP17) in breast cancer patients with HER2 2+ by immunohistochemistry | Dr. Ioannis Voutsadakis |
| Jennifer Hammell | Perceived stress levels of NOSM medical students | Dr. Sayali Tadwalkar |
| Mariah Madigan | Improving informed consent of cardiac surgery patients using a multimedia-based approach | Dr. Rony Atoui |
| Rebecca Mailloux | Neurodevelopment disorders among forensic psychiatric adult patients in northern Ontario | Dr. Maryana Kravtsenyuk |
| Chad Prevost | Effect of retinoids on disease progression in myocardial reperfusion-ischemia | Dr. Alexander Moise |
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University of Saskatchewan
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Kaishan Aravinthan | Adapting head and neck cancer QOL measures for Saskatchewan | Dr. Russ Murphy |
| Robert Bigsby | Post-neoadjuvant scarring of colorectal cancer hepatic metastases | Dr. Yigang Luo |
| Tanner Dusyk | Outcome of patients with allogenetic transplants | Dr. Mark Bosch |
| Robert Henderson | Evaluating the role of deep learning in delineating brain tumor and normal structures in the brain | Dr. V. Kundapur |
| Nabeel Iqbal | Influenza vaccination in patient with heart failure | Dr. Alex Zhai |
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University of Calgary
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Erin Degelman | Genetic screening for leukemia predisposition syndromes | Dr. Tara Beattie Dr. Carolyn Owen |
| Sophie Hu | Validation of the mild behavioural impairment checklist for detecting neuropsychiatric symptoms in older adults with subjective cognitive decline | Dr. Sahinoor Ismail |
| Daniel Meyers | Using machine learning to predict outcomes in patients with NSCLC being treated with immunotherapy | Dr. Gwyn Begg Dr. Don Morris |
| Sonya Soh | Interdisciplinary simulation in medical education | Dr. Rachel Grimminck Dr. Joanne Rankin |
| Isabelle Ann-Marie Vallerand | Depression as a risk factor for psoriasis | Dr. Cheryl Barnabe |
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University of British Columbia
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Mark Leo Cahalan | When are blood vessels “ready to rupture”? | Dr. Catherine Paramonoff |
| Justin Fernandes | Measuring the impact of systematic screening for suicidal thoughts in ED patients | Dr. David Barbic |
| Monica Hsieh | 30-day outcomes of myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital | Dr. Terence Yung |
| Hannah Kapur | Calculating quality indicators for mastectomy at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital | Dr. Elaine McKevitt |
| Sharon Kipfer | Patterns of use and quality of online cancer patient resources | Dr. Paris Ann Ingledew |
| Dorsa Mousa-Doust | Identification and outcomes of fibroepithelial lesions of the breast at Mt. St. Joseph Hospital | Dr. Carol Dingee |
| Jordan Williams-Yuen | Exploring the experiences of paramedics during overdose emergency response | Dr. Anita Palepu |
| Billy Zhao | Advanced endoscopic resection of large colorectal polyps and early neoplasia | Dr. Eric Lam |
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